Rotarians hear push for more playing fields in Bennington
Bennington Rotary Club heard Town Manager Edward R. Lamb and Coach Ted Ripley outline the need for more playing fields, especially a baseball field, to satisfy growing demand. Lamb and Selectman J. Duncan Campbell said Willow Park expansion is in the works but depends on landfill settling and highway construction timing. Ripley urged the club to back or initiate a drive for a baseball facility to keep youths engaged in the sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Edward R. Lamb
Bennington Rotary Club
Lamb
Ted Ripley
American Legion
Ripley
Selectman
J. Duncan Campbell
Willow Park
Rotary Club
Richard Jolivette
Gary Niles
University of Vermont
Peter Perkins
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Rutland
Robin Outwater
UVM
University of New Hampshire
Legion
Pioneer Life photographer Margaret Bourke-White dies at 67
Margaret Bourke-White, renowned Life magazine original staff photographer and war correspondent, died in Stamford Hospital at 67. She documented World War II and Korea, was first woman accredited to armed forces, photographed the Buchenwald survivors, and contributed hundreds of photos and essays before battling Parkinson's disease starting in 1952. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford, Conn
UPI
Margaret Bourke-White
Life Magazine
Life
Russia
Moscow
Kremlin
Buchenwald
Germany
Margaret Bourke- White
Korea
Ralph Graves
New York City
Miss White
New Fortune
Everett Chapman
Erskine Caldwell
Miss Bourke- White
Stamford
Big Nell refuses freedom before two year prison term
Nellie Williams known as Big Nell was sentenced to two years in prison on promoting prostitution permitting prostitution and unlicensed sale of liquor charges after she refused Judge Isseks offer to release her if she named others who ran the house. The 49 year old Newburgh figure cried at times but accepted the sentence rather than cooperate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
N. Y
UPI
Nellie Williams
Big Nell
Newburgh
Nellie
Abraham Isseks
Bedford Hills
Westchester County
Isseks
Hudson River
Middletown Times Herald Record
Bennington Briefs and Local Notices
A collection of local items from Bennington and nearby towns includes visits by Elizabeth Pearson and Barbara Rideout to Warn Street, family gatherings in Erie and Wilmington, a Novice driver’s crash on Monument Road with moderate damage, school assignment calls, cemetery monuments in Barre, an ADV sale at 227 Washington Avenue, and multiple medical office dates. Also noted: a sensational Newburgh case and a Manila elevator disaster reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Monument Road
Dunham Road
Richard J. Contors
Bennington
Bennington interns survey county housing this summer
Arlington based BCRPC interns John Rice Hugh Henry and Lydia Robinson spent the summer surveying housing across Bennington County. They evaluated affordability with a $21,000 average home price and a minimum $10,000 income to afford, and noted substandard housing with heat plumbing and water issues. They also explored industrial site needs and sewer water considerations. They will submit a final report next month with priority recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
BCRPC
John Rice
Hugh Henry
Lydia Robinson
Bennington County
Regional Planning Commission
Lydia
Radcliffe
John
University of Virginia
U.S
Hugh
Bonenti
Doria Drenches North Carolina Coastal Areas with Floods and Winds
Doria hit Atlantic Beach with 68 mph winds and caused coastal flooding along the cape area. Tornadoes toppled two mobile homes in Holly Ridge, but no injuries were reported. Flood watches were issued for parts of Virginia Maryland Delaware New Jersey and New York with reports of five inches of rain on Maryland's Eastern Shore and flooding in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Beach
N.C
Hatteras
New Bern
North Carolina Capes
Doria
Holly Ridge
Surf City
Maryland
New York City
Bogue Sound
Morehead City
W. W. Moore
Berlin Union affirms West Germany West Berlin links
Berlin Union affirms political links between West Germany and West Berlin including Bonn's right to represent the city abroad. West German ambassadors agreed to ban two major manifestations of attachment: occasional Bonn parliamentary meetings in West Berlin and the joint session for electing the West German president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
West Germany
West Berlin
Bonn
Hoosick Falls seniors plan picnic and fair day events
About 60 Hoosick Falls Senior Citizens Club members will attend a picnic Thursday at Lena Cramer's summer cottage near Hedges Lake. Friday September 3 is Senior Citizens Day at the Schaghticoke Fair with a free Senior Show Time performance at 2 p.m. Senior cards grant reduced fair admission. a 1.35 dollar bus fare and 50 cent grounds entry apply. Reservations open at the Center through August 28 at 686 7561. Also, Hoosick Falls High School football prep began with 40 candidates reporting for exams. Grade 8 and 9 entrants will have physicals on September 1 at 9 a.m. in the gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
Senior Citizens Club
Lena Cramer
Hedges Lake
Schaghticoke Fair
Robert F. O’connell
Rensselaer County
Senior Citizens Coordinating Project
Fairgrounds
Hoosick Falls Senior Center
Hoosick Falls Central School
Court action pending against firm that stranded students in Europe
London reports say at least one organization blamed for dozens of American students stranded in London with worthless air tickets faces court action. The State Department cable names University Students Association and American Union of Students as involved. AUS reportedly bankrupt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
London
UPI
USS
State Department
Department
The
University Students Association (USA
American Union of Students
AUS
U.S
USA
CAB
Civil Aeronautics Board
New York
Louis Lefkowitz
Jon Fuller
Memphis
Tenn
Sheila
Sleeping sickness fears drill through central New York
Intermittent showers and gusty winds postponed a third aerial spraying to curb sleeping sickness in the Central New York area. State officials confirmed a second horse death and said tests on a one month old child were inconclusive. A virus culture test began with results due mid next week. Weather slowed a 14 000 acre spray campaign north of Oneida Lake using a helicopter and a Duflow biplane, with Vapona insecticide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantia
N. Y
UPI
New York
State Health Department
Albany
Oneida Lake
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Duflow Chemical Co
Lowville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Margaret Bourk White
Pioneer Woman
Nell
Bennington Briefs
Elizabeth Pearson
Miami, Fla
Barbara Rideout
Ashburnham, Mass
Pearson
Joseph Vachon
Warn Street
Robert Vachon
Erie, Pa
Wilmington
Washington Avenue
Donald F. Shea
James Shea
Manila
Aylor
County ST. Bennington
Main ST
Swifts
Walker
Bennington- Rutland
Opportunity Council
VISTA
University of Pennsylvania
Berlin
Edith Beaumont
Montpelier
George Rice
Environmental Protection Department
John Stahl
James Jeffords
England
University Students Association
Fifth Avenue
ST. Albans
YPI
Charles Clayton Brooks IV
Brooks
Vermont
Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times
National Een
Oe Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
J.F. Collins CO
Roberts Drive
Mass
Central
Nichols
McCalls
Eship n.Shore
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